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Urban Sustainability Forum – Institutional Approaches to Sustainability

By jimw ⋅ February 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

[ February 18, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Many of us have adjusted our habits to conserve materials and resources: recycling regularly, installing programmable thermostats, and replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact flourescents. How do large corporations and institutions adjust their collective habits? How is change initiated, and how is it managed? February’s Urban [...]

Urban Sustainability Forum: Building Safer Communities through Sustainable Land Use

By jimw ⋅ January 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

[ January 28, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Reception: 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Program: 6:30-8:00 p.m.

January’s Urban Sustainability Forum will explore the intersection of safety and sustainable land use. Playgrounds, abandoned buildings, and well-maintained recreational parklands all variously impact individual and community safety across Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Even in statistically safe neighborhoods, vacant lots or homes, broken sidewalks, or poor lighting add the [...]

Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around: A Special Urban Sustainability Forum with David Byrne

By jimw ⋅ December 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ February 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Register! http://davidbyrneusf.eventbrite.com/

David Byrne has been writing and performing music and directing video and film for more than 30 years.  He was the lead guitar player and singer for the Talking Heads, the innovative rock band which was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
What might not be as well [...]

Transportation Reform: The Ticket Back to Town

By jimw ⋅ November 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ November 19, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Location: Academy of Natural Sciences
19th St and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA

Come to November’s Urban Sustainability Forum to learn more about smart transportation policy and what Philadelphia needs to do…

We’ve just kept going. As we have followed the interstates and built new communities farther and farther out we have been forced to build thousands [...]

The First Annual Sustainability Film Festival

By jimw ⋅ November 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ November 15, 2009; 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] The Academy of Natural Sciences
Center for Environmental Policy
“Philadelphia’s Window on the Environment”

Film Festival To Raise Money for Academy and Greener Partners

On Sunday, November 15, the Academy of Natural Sciences’ Center for Environmental Policy is joining forces with Greener Partners to sponsor the First Annual Sustainability Film Festival. The Festival will run from 3:30 p.m. to [...]

Climate Change: Federal Policy Briefing

By jimw ⋅ October 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ November 9, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Solving global warming means investing in clean energy, green jobs and smart energy solutions. Learn about the proposed federal climate change policy, what it entails and what it means for businesses and individuals from a panel of experts.

Location: The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA

Climate Change Policy Overview
Dan Lashof, Climate Center Director, Natural [...]

Urban Sustainability Forum: Green Infrastructure Funding

By jimw ⋅ October 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ October 22, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Location: Academy of Natural Sciences
19th St. and the Ben Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA

Register online by visiting: http://greeninfrastructurefinance.eventbrite.com/

Greenworks Philadelphia sets out an ambitious agenda of “green” initiatives for our city and region that includes new trails along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, new parks, accessible riverfronts, thousands of new trees, green roofs, green streets and transit. These [...]

Investing and the Planet

By jimw ⋅ October 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ October 14, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The October program will focus on climate change issues facing the planet and how these factors affect investment decisions. Speakers will include Richard Whiteford from the Climate Project and Nancy Reyes and Andrea Reichert from Parnassus Mutual Funds. The event will be held at 7:00 pm at The Academy of Natural Sciences, which is [...]

“No Vacancy”: Reimagining Vacant Land in Philadelphia

By jimw ⋅ September 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ September 17, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Reception
6:30 -8:30 p.m. – Program

Academy of Natural Sciences
19th St and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA

RSVP here to reserve your spot.

September’s forum will take a look at vacant land as an environmental and economic sustainability issue. Experts, from Philadelphia and beyond, will address ways to effectively “recycle” vacant and abandoned [...]

Awakening Green IT

By jimw ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

[ October 20, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Information Technology Community to Celebrate Green IT
Academy of Natural Sciences’ Center for Environmental Policy Hosts “Awakening IT” Event

For information, contact David Calloway at 610-513-2287, or writebrain1@comcast.net.

PHILADELPHIA. The Information and Business Technology community in the Philadelphia area will gather at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Tuesday, October 20, for a fun and informative evening to [...]

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